Stereo Amplifiers & Pre-Amps

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1. Radford STA 15, STA 25 Preamp and speaker pairings?

   By RockRolley, May 10   

   • radford sta15
   • radford sta25
   • valve power amplifier
   • 18 replies
   • 552 views
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   • xlr8or
   • 55 minutes ago

3. Rotel's 'MICHI' Series Coming Back 1 2 3 4

   By aasza, August 26, 2019
   • 124 replies
   • 19.7k views
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   • cafe67
   • 7 hours ago

4. Partial tear down of Willsenton R8 1 2 3 4 33

   By Atmaj, September 14, 2020   

   • tubeamps
   • 1.3k replies
   • 67.2k views
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   • Zed Zed
   • 8 hours ago

5. Switching between speaker zones

   By GeoBW, 10 hours ago
   • 0 replies
   • 70 views
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   • GeoBW
   • 10 hours ago

6. Do 12AX7 (EEC83) tubes need to be matched? And which are 'best'?

   By Zed Zed, April 29
   • 39 replies
   • 1.1k views
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   • 7502dan
   • 17 hours ago

7. Solid state preamps

   By Bunno77, May 10
   • 21 replies
   • 754 views
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   • Steve M
   • 18 hours ago

8. McChanson Valve Amp owner discussion thread... 1 2 3 4 8

   By BLAH BLAH, October 13, 2020
   • 297 replies
   • 8.4k views
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   • Yetiman
   • 21 hours ago

9. Show us your tubes 1 2 3 4 69

   By houdinifangs, March 17, 2013
   • 2.8k replies
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   • mwhouston
   • Yesterday at 12:33 PM

10. Bi-amp - vertical or horizontal

    By andythiing, Wednesday at 11:34 AM
    • 9 replies
    • 292 views
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    • andyr
    • Yesterday at 11:37 AM

11. AEM 6000 Amp & 6010 Preamp Article?

    By altecman, August 21, 2019
    • 22 replies
    • 2.4k views
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    • pohtaras@hotmail.com
    • Saturday at 11:41 AM

12. Supratek DHT Cabernet or consonance linear 1?

    By Psilonaught, March 3
    • 34 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • THOMO
    • Friday at 11:55 PM

13. Exposure 1010 Integrated Amplifier. Thoughts?

    By Gazer01, July 21, 2018
    • 20 replies
    • 6.6k views
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    • wen
    • Friday at 08:48 AM

14. Quad 303 repairs - NPN and PNP Transistor location

    By TEDDYJAM, April 26
    • 5 replies
    • 335 views
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    • Monkeyboi
    • Thursday at 02:58 AM

15. Seeking info & schematic for Auditec 036 preamp

    By zzsteve, Thursday at 02:45 AM
    • 0 replies
    • 176 views
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    • zzsteve
    • Thursday at 02:45 AM

16. Sansui HiFi 1 2 3 4 33

    By Sansui77, January 31, 2015
    • 1.3k replies
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    • pete_mac
    • Wednesday at 06:47 AM

17. Attenuator required urgently..

    By Crabsticks, March 3
    • 11 replies
    • 597 views
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    • Mark_A_W
    • Wednesday at 04:32 AM

18. Opinions Rega Elex-R or Schiit Ragnarok mk 2

    By Petew, May 11
    • 6 replies
    • 240 views
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    • Petew
    • Wednesday at 12:37 AM

19. Musical Fidelity m6si amp crackling badly

    By Porky63, June 21, 2020
    • 32 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • Porky63
    • May 11

20. Pioneer A9 issue

    By Maxtt, May 10
    • 5 replies
    • 134 views
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    • Auracle
    • May 11

21. Which Pass labs aleph amplifier sound best?

    By DMax, November 13, 2019
    • 18 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • MattyW
    • May 10

22. Devialet Expert 200/400 Owners help

    By Chagoi, February 24
    • 8 replies
    • 236 views
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    • ICUToo
    • May 10

23. NAD purchase. Tell me if I'm crazy

    By djackal, May 9
    • 3 replies
    • 295 views
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    • warweary
    • May 9

24. Krell KSA50s class A or A/B ?

    By Pete D, May 9
    • 0 replies
    • 164 views
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    • Pete D
    • May 9

25. Luxman R-1050 receiver wow

    By astormsau, August 4, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • astormsau
    • May 9

26. Biasing tube amp-under bias and over bias?

    By LunA, May 5
    • 12 replies
    • 475 views
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    • xlr8or
    • May 7

27. Tube advice

    By Janus77, May 2
    • 15 replies
    • 438 views
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    • doogie44
    • May 7

28. NAD Masters M33 - Has anyone tried it with 800 Diamonds?

    By MusicForever, March 9
    • 25 replies
    • 899 views
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    • pcking
    • May 5

29. Best amp to drive KEF ls50 meta

    By Marco79, March 11
    • 26 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • christos540
    • May 4

30. Best tube for Aqua La Scala DAC (uses a pair of 12AT7 new from factory).

    By Silver Audiophile, May 4
    • 8 replies
    • 326 views
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    • Silver Audiophile
    • May 4

31. Muzishare X7 tube amp owners out there? 1 2 3

    By demoiree, September 9, 2020
    • 102 replies
    • 12k views
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    • clappy
    • May 4

32. Marantz PM 64 II

    By GerrySem, May 1
    • 6 replies
    • 200 views
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    • GerrySem
    • May 3

33. Contemplating tube rolling.

    By Pete D, May 3
    • 1 reply
    • 174 views
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    • Bisguittin
    • May 3

34. Sansui AU317

    By Ernest Paul, May 2
    • 2 replies
    • 144 views
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    • mbz
    • May 2

35. Intermittent noise on phono left channel

    By fraba, May 1
    • 4 replies
    • 193 views
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    • Gryffles
    • May 2

36. Schiit Freya+ with strange noice.

    By NIN, May 1   

    • schiit freya+
    • strange noice
    • squeaky noice
    • 5 replies
    • 266 views
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    • Ruffter
    • May 2

37. My little 12W PP Triode Valve Amp... 1 2

    By BLAH BLAH, May 15, 2020
    • 65 replies
    • 4.3k views
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    • BLAH BLAH
    • May 2

38. DEQX Owners Thread 1 2 3 4 21

    By Marc, May 25, 2014
    • 839 replies
    • 62.4k views
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    • andyr
    • May 2

39. Spread Spectrum Technologies Thoebe Preamplifier + phono stage + dac

    By Rocket1961, May 1
    • 1 reply
    • 157 views
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    • BruceS
    • May 1

40. Sourcing valves

    By blackangus, April 30
    • 6 replies
    • 215 views
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    • xlr8or
    • May 1

41. Consonance (Opera Audio) Owners & Discussion Thread 1 2

    By Willmax, June 20, 2020   

    • consonance
    • opera audio
    • 52 replies
    • 5.6k views
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    • Whites
    • April 28

42. Rega Elex-r value?

    By JD1973, April 26   

    • integrated
    • rega
    • 1 reply
    • 192 views
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    • RankStranger
    • April 28

43. Jungson JA88D Luxury Edition

    By What Me?, December 9, 2019
    • 28 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • Astrolug
    • April 27

44. Saturday Arvo Surprise

    By pcking, April 24
    • 4 replies
    • 265 views
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    • mbz
    • April 26

45. Wavebourne Edelweiss-3 Prototype Power Amp review

    By MattyW, February 20, 2020   

    • power amp
    • edelweiss-3.
    • wavebourn
    • 27 replies
    • 3.1k views
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    • Anatole
    • April 25

46. amplifier Worth repairing? Cambridge Audio a540 Azur V2 protection error

    By jollygreengiant, April 25   

    • cambridge audio a540 azur
    • 6 replies
    • 229 views
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    • tripitaka
    • April 25

47. The Elekit TU 8500 Valve Preamp - A Knockout In Value and Sound Quality!

    By Lightstream, January 13, 2019
    • 33 replies
    • 7.3k views
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    • Addicted to music
    • April 25

48. Are Onkyo amps around 30 years old worth anything?

    By itsme, April 17
    • 16 replies
    • 569 views
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    • btd
    • April 24

49. NAD C298 1 2

    By Pigpen, March 4
    • 69 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • Pigpen
    • April 22

50. Integrated amplifier cleaning

    By Yuval007, April 21
    • 9 replies
    • 402 views
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    • Yuval007
    • April 21

51. The Issue of Mains Plugs.

    By Shark, April 19
    • 5 replies
    • 397 views
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    • Shark
    • April 21

52. New Holton One-Zero-One power amplifier

    By BrianPW, April 20   

    • power amplifer
    • 3 replies
    • 371 views
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    • BrianPW
    • April 21

53. Grounded Grid pre-amp - duff channel

    By tassie tiger, April 9
    • 2 replies
    • 253 views
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    • Monkeyboi
    • April 19

54. Electrocompaniet Owners Thread 1 2 3

    By Mr Thorens, April 16, 2014
    • 103 replies
    • 15.2k views
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    • DrSK
    • April 18

55. How many watts per channel does the Denon CEOL-N10 amplifier provide at 6 ohms

    By Begun, April 17
    • 11 replies
    • 366 views
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    • Mr Thorens
    • April 18

56. How can I run out of gain? 1 2 3 4 7

    By kelossus, March 28
    • 274 replies
    • 6.8k views
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    • gutter
    • April 17

57. Buying equirement fro oversea??

    By rbaggio74, April 10
    • 14 replies
    • 575 views
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    • Dingbat
    • April 14

58. Marantz 1060

    By ampaddict, October 10, 2019   

    • marantz
    • 1060
    • rebuild
    • 9 replies
    • 1.4k views
    • 
    • ampaddict
    • April 14

59. Rega Mira original, thoughts?

    By wartman, April 14
    • 0 replies
    • 170 views
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    • wartman
    • April 14

60. PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamplifier review

    By awayward, January 4, 2020
    • 25 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • MrZoo
    • April 13

61. Anthem STR amps - are these worth looking at

    By JkSpinner, April 10
    • 7 replies
    • 320 views
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    • BugPowderDust
    • April 13

62. Roksan k3 vs yamaha as2100

    By WFM, January 28   

    • luxman 1050r
    • yamaha as500
    • roksan k3
    • 14 replies
    • 916 views
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    • WFM
    • April 11

63. Valve amps and heat in QLD

    By NightShade, February 25
    • 26 replies
    • 1k views
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    • Pigpen
    • April 10

64. The next level integrated amplifier.

    By xie67, April 6
    • 16 replies
    • 842 views
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    • xie67
    • April 10

65. Need assistance to review my 2.2 setup

    By krisk321, April 8
    • 19 replies
    • 450 views
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    • krisk321
    • April 9

66. Still on the hunt for a pre

    By anewmission, April 8
    • 2 replies
    • 230 views
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    • Paul R
    • April 9

67. Yaqin MC-100B Tube Amplifier Modification

    By hdivision, April 7
    • 9 replies
    • 322 views
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    • hdivision
    • April 8

68. QUAD44 preamp(upgraded)

    By dddesy, April 8
    • 1 reply
    • 128 views
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    • anandpkumar
    • April 8

69. High damping factor amp speaker matching

    By RocketFishPI, April 5
    • 2 replies
    • 236 views
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    • RocketFishPI
    • April 6

70. Noob question - High current amplifiers 1 2 3 4 5

    By Kasman, March 10
    • 170 replies
    • 4.3k views
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    • kukynas
    • April 4

71. Preamp volume bleedthrough

    By Bronal, April 3
    • 2 replies
    • 224 views
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    • muon*
    • April 3

72. What to buy with 5k

    By Dave o, March 9
    • 8 replies
    • 712 views
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    • muon*
    • March 31

73. Integrated vs Separates - low to mid end

    By JkSpinner, March 25
    • 16 replies
    • 679 views
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    • JkSpinner
    • March 30

74. DHT preamps 1 2 3 4 5

    By tuyen, November 29, 2013
    • 184 replies
    • 31.4k views
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    • mwhouston
    • March 29

75. Amp Tech Newcastle

    By Funkster, February 16
    • 8 replies
    • 362 views
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    • Funkster
    • March 28

76. Luxman LV105u Amp repairs

    By FAP911, June 5, 2019
    • 20 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • FAP911
    • March 26

77. ARC LS-17se Pre Modifications

    By m.jonkovacic, October 12, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 402 views
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    • motorsportmatt
    • March 26

78. Listener fatigue 1 2

    By mud_shark, February 5
    • 62 replies
    • 2.1k views
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    • DrSK
    • March 25

79. Hegel or Krell?

    By akchart, March 4
    • 8 replies
    • 690 views
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    • blakey72
    • March 23

80. Small form Amp recommendation please

    By cazzesman, March 14
    • 7 replies
    • 816 views
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    • Yodaz
    • March 23

81. Marantz Amp / Speaker setup 1 2 3 4 6

    By April Snow, February 12
    • 202 replies
    • 4.8k views
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    • April Snow
    • March 16

82. New FVP-6 by JLTi 1 2

    By MrRogers, November 7, 2014
    • 51 replies
    • 5.7k views
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    • Joe Rasmussen
    • March 15

83. Tube rolling with 5BK7As? 1 2

    By option-up, February 3
    • 45 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • option-up
    • March 14

84. Sparking Valve on Pre Amp is this normal

    By camross, March 11   

    • valves
    • preamp
    • 13 replies
    • 501 views
    • 
    • Tony@melb
    • March 13

85. The old ears aren't too bad at listening after all

    By aussievintage, March 12
    • 2 replies
    • 331 views
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    • aussievintage
    • March 12

86. Power consumption, bias, DC offset question.

    By JoelG, March 9
    • 8 replies
    • 436 views
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    • JoelG
    • March 11

87. Bridging a Stereo Power Amplifier?

    By Paul R, March 10
    • 18 replies
    • 821 views
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    • tripitaka
    • March 11

88. Would better amplification solve congestion ? 1 2 3 4 5

    By Berkel, January 10
    • 161 replies
    • 4.8k views
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    • Berkel
    • March 9

89. Kinki Studio EX-M1 with Staccato op amps

    By PeterB7858, November 2, 2020
    • 9 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • PeterB7858
    • March 9

90. Old Sugden PreAmp Issue

    By TravellingTT, March 8
    • 5 replies
    • 211 views
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    • TravellingTT
    • March 9

91. 1st post be gentle.. info sought on Contan Audio Amplifier

    By pasho, April 4, 2010
    • 16 replies
    • 2.8k views
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    • xlr8or
    • March 8

92. BoyuuRange A50 MKIII 300B Single-end Class A Tube Intergrated Amplifier Reisong

    By TigerScent, December 28, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 967 views
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    • andyr
    • March 8

93. Amp recommendation for Monitor Audio Gold 100's

    By Brad24, March 7
    • 3 replies
    • 304 views
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    • Brad24
    • March 8

94. Axium AX450i amplifier (NZ made)

    By krazywaffle, March 8   

    • nz
    • amplifiers
    • 0 replies
    • 154 views
    • 
    • krazywaffle
    • March 8

95. NAD 3020b Amplifier: Selector Knob Required Urgently

    By Lightstream, March 8
    • 0 replies
    • 122 views
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    • Lightstream
    • March 8

96. Integrated Amp will not switch on - SONY TA-V715

    By DaRick, March 5   

    • sony
    • amplifier
    • integrated
    • 2 replies
    • 673 views
    • 
    • mbz
    • March 7

97. A Short Story: Get a Preamp 1 2 3 4 6

    By Fitzroyalty, June 6, 2020
    • 206 replies
    • 12.5k views
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    • RoHo
    • March 5

98. Exposure of fake Chinese tube amplifier Nobsound MS-10D MKII. 1 2

    By olegau, May 14, 2018
    • 64 replies
    • 75.8k views
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    • Scragroo
    • March 4

99. SS to tube?

    By pla, February 15
    • 32 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • $piro
    • March 4

100. Help! My valve amp just blew! Bewitch KT-88 / Puresound A30

     By Prana69, March 14, 2015
     • 39 replies
     • 7.5k views
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     • Gryffles
     • March 4

101. Doge 10 PADC: Anyone heard this amp? 1 2 3

     By chinook9, November 22, 2020
     • 93 replies
     • 13.5k views
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     • Lars V
     • March 3